Fassa Association (''Associazione Fassa''), often referred simply as Fassa, is a minor

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Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

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. The party seeks to represent the

Ladin Ladin may refer to: * Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) * Ladino (disambigua ...

minority in the Province and especially Ladins living in

Fassa Valley The Fassa Valley (Ladin: ''Fascia'', it, Val di Fassa, german: Fassatal) is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community (Italian: ''Comunità di valle'', German: ''Talgemeinschaft'') of Trentino, it ...

History

Fassa was formed as Fassa List (''Lista Fassa'') in August 2008 as a centre-right alternative to the centre-left

Ladin Autonomist Union The Ladin Autonomist Union ( lld, Union Autonomista Ladina; it, Unione Autonomista Ladina; UAL) is a minor progressive-centrist political party in Trentino, Italy, that seeks to represent the Ladin minority in the Province and especially that li ...

(UAL), which used to garner a large majority of Ladin votes in Fassa Valley. Its first leader was Gino Fontana, mayor of

Vigo di Fassa Vigo di Fassa ( lld, Vich de Fascia, german: Wiegen im Fasstal or ''Vig im Fasstal'') is a ''frazione'' of Sèn Jan di Fassa in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. In the ...

and, formerly, provincial councillor for Daisy Civic List, a centrist party aligned with the centre-left. A year later, the List was institutionalised and became a fully fledged party under the current name. In the 2008 provincial election the party won 0.6% of the vote (26.6% in Fassa Valley), while the UAL gained 1.2% (54.0%). In March 2012 the party replaced its leadership during an assembly: Elena Testor was elected president and Luca Guglielmi secretary. In September 2013 Riccardo Franceschetti, mayor of

Moena Moena (Ladin: ''Moéna'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. It is the largest comune in the Fassa Valley. In the census of 2001, 1,967 inhabi ...

and leading member of the UAL, left that party in order to join Fassa. In the 2013 provincial election the party won 0.8% of the vote (31.9% in Fassa Valley), but still lost to the UAL, which gained 1.1% (51.8%). However, in 2015, the party prevailed over the UAL in the first Fassa community election and Testor was elected Attorney General. In the

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won Fassa supported the No with 57.9% against the UAL supported Yes in Fassa Valley. In the 2018 general election Testor, affiliated to

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, was elected to the

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from the single-seat constituency of

Pergine Valsugana Pergine Valsugana (''Pèrzen'' in local dialect, german: Fersen im Suganertal) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. Pergine Valsugana borders the ...

Electoral results

Results are expressed in %.

Leadership

*President: Anita Santuari (2009–2012), Elena Testor (2012–present) *Secretary: Riccardo Cociardi (2009–2012), Luca Guglielmi (2012–present)

References

External links

Official website
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